Nan Whaley

Nannette L. "Nan" Whaley (23 January 1976-) was Mayor of Dayton, Ohio from 4 January 2014, succeeding Gary Leitzell.

Biography
Nan Whaley was born in Mooresville, Indiana in 1976, and she settled in Dayton, Ohio after attending college there; she helped to reorganize the College Democrats at her school. Whaley became involved in Democratic politics as a four-time delegate to the Democratic National Convention and a presidential elector. She was elected to the City Commission in 2005, and she was elected Mayor of Dayton in 2014. In 2018, she briefly ran for Governor before dropping out and endorsing Richard Cordray.